This book explores Shaolin Chin Na by presenting 150 techniques with detailed instructions for teaching yourself. Chin Na (Qin Na) is one of the four major fighting categories in all Chinese martial styles. The four categories are: kicking (Ti), Striking (Da), Wrestling (Shuai), and Seize-Controllin[...]

Seize and Control Skills for Tai Chi Chuan Hundreds of chinna grappling techniques are hidden within tai chi movements. You can achieve these seize and control skills by including Tai Chi Chin Na in your training regimen. Here's your chance to take the next step in your tai chi journey Once you have[...]

What keeps objects from floating out of your hand?What if your feet drifted away from the ground?What stops everything from floating into space?Gravity. As in his previous books, "Redwoods," "Coral Reefs," and "Island," Jason Chin has taken a complex subject and made it brilliantly accessible to you[...]

Presents simple technique for crocheting intricate colour patterns.

"Full of astonishment . . . a kind of dark wonder." --Pete Hamill
This is the story of Vincent Louis Gigante, the Genovese Family crime overlord who ruled a sprawling criminal empire for a quarter century with an iron--and deadly--fist. Vinnie "Chin" Gigante displayed signs of insanity that stun[...]

The book "CHIN NA FA" was written by Liu Jin Sheng in collaboration with Zhao Jiang. The first edition of the book was issued in July of 1936 as a manual for the Police Academy of Zhejiang province. The book was printed by the publishing house Shan Wu in Shanghai. .,."If you are in command of this t[...]

While the most conspicuous components of the US Army Air Forces in World War II (1939-1945) were the air units, there were also hundreds of ground units and organisations. Besides assigned military personnel the AAF also employed thousands of civilians. Many unique outfits were designed to meet the [...]

High quality photographs from some of Malaysia's top nature photographers are accompanied in this title by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, length, plumage, distribution, habits and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers climate, vegetation, biogeography, and the ma[...]

Providing a comprehensive insight into the potential applications of carbon nanotubes with metals and ceramic materials as a matrix, this book focuses on the preparation and the microstructural, physical, and mechanical characterizations of such novel nanocomposites.[...]

Det publiceras en halv miljon tryckta titlar av 600 förlag i Kina varje år och Kinas population utgör en femtedel av hela världens befolkning, ändå vet vi inte särskilt mycket om vad som skrivs och läses där för det är bara någon enstaka promille, eller kanske inte ens det, av litteratur[...]